Chapter 14: Detention
"Lily?"
"Yeah?"
"Time for detention." I had fallen asleep on my history textbook.
"Yeah, sorry this thing is the most boring thing I've ever read in my life," I explained. "Who cares about these people, can't we learn about something interesting? How about Witch burnings? Those were interesting."
"That's in our third year," explained Sirius. "We'd better get going, Haynes will have our head."
"Okay." I got up and crossed the common room with him. We walked in silence sown to the dungeons. When we got there, Professor Haynes was setting something up.
"Tonight, you," he pointed to me, "will be chopping up sufiuti roots. They all have to be small portions so they can be ground easily by you." He pointed to Sirius. "Mr. Black will be stewing them. They need to be stirred non-stop. Then Miss Evans will be drying them. After they are all dry, both of you will grind them. Understand?"
"Yeah," I said. Then in only a whisper that Sirius could hear I said, "Unfortunately." He snickered.
"Let's get going Tabby. We'll be here all night as it is. We don't' want to miss our first class now do we?"
It was backbreaking labor to chop the roots into even pieces. I, though, was lucky. Sirius was stirring non-stop and looked as though his arms would fall off. When I had finished chopping the roots, I went to take over for Sirius, but he wouldn't give me the stick.
"What's your problem?" I asked. "I want to give your arms a rest. Do you like having you arms fall off?"
"No, but Haynes over there said I have to stir the roots. You dry and chop them. We both grind them. Remember? I've heard about kids who disobeyed him in detention by helping someone and, trust me, you don't want that to happen."
"Okay, any done yet?"
"Ten more minutes."
"Okay." I sat down to wait for Sirius to be done stirring the sufiuti roots. "So what else do we have for homework tonight?"
"All I know is that Lacompte gave us an undoable assignment, Binns isn't even gonna notice if we don't do it, and we have to have our thesis for our paper worked out by Friday."
"Okay, I'm copying James' Charms, I'll re-do the history over the weekend, and tomorrow's Wednesday. I've got a few days before I have to have a thesis." We just sat in silence for a minute or two.
"Okay Lily," I jumped as Sirius spoke. "I'm done stirring. I'll just sit and nurse my arms while you dry the roots." He stopped stirring the sufiuti roots and sat down, his arms hanging limply at his sides.
"You want an Advil?"
"What?"
"It's a pain reliever. I always carry some with me."
"Why?"
"I'm prone to migraines."
"Oh, sure." I dug into the pockets of my robes and pulled out a small plastic baggie with ten little pink pills in it.
"Lets see, you'll probably need two. I think it should be safe, considering your height." I pulled two pills out and handed them to him. "Can you swallow pills?"
"I don't know, I've never taken any."
"How can you live without Advil? What do you do if you get a migraine? What if you sprain your ankle or something?"
"It's called magic Lily."
"Right, I keep forgetting that you guys don't need medicine."
"Whatever. I just put these in my mouth?"
"Yeah, don't chew them, just swallow them. You night need some water though. Is there a fountain around here somewhere?"
"Yeah, there's one over there. I'll go take the pills. You'll probably be done drying them by then." I continued drying the roots while Sirius took Advil for the first time in his life. I chuckled to myself. He was a hoot.
"Miss Evans!" barked Haynes. "Where did Mr. Black go?"
"He's getting some water so he can take an Advil."
"What's Advil?"
"A pain reliever."
"Oh. Alright then. Are you done drying the roots yet?"
"Almost. Do you want to check them?"
"I think you would know when they're done Miss Evans. You aren't that dumb." My eyes started to fill with tears.
"Listen buster. I have had a really bad day! I'm in no mood to take any crap from you so just shut you God foresaken pie hole!" (A/N: Go Lily!!!)
"Miss Evans you are out of line! You've just earned yourself another detention and twenty points from Gryffindor!"
"Hey, don't' yell at her!" Sirius had returned.
"You too Mr. Black. Detention! I have had it with your insolent behavior! No more talking! Now grind those root!" he shouted with such malice in his voice that neither of us dared say anything. We just ground the roots until Haynes said, "Enough, get back to your dormitories."
As soon as we left the dungeons, I broke down. My wall that I had spent so many months building cracked and tumbled down. I slid down against a wall, heaving with sobs.
"Tabby, come on, if Filch catches us, oh my God, Lily what's the matter? Tell me."
"I don't know. I just can't stop crying."
"Hey," he lifted my face up so that I was looking him in the eye. He wiped away my tears with his sleeve and pulled me into a hug. I started hysterically crying now, I laid my head on his chest and just cried my heart out. "He looked down at me. "Let's go back up to the tower. You'll need your sleep."
"Okay," I whispered feebly. We walked in silence back to the tower. I said good bye to him in the common room and slowly climbed up the spiral staircase that led to my room. At the top of the stairs, I looked back and saw him across the room, at the top of his staircase, looking back at me. I smiled and waved. He waved back. I got into bed without even undressing and fell into a heavy sleep, exhausted from crying.
A/N: Isn't that sad? Oh well, just a reminder to R/R. I need ideas for the plot. Seriously, I need something exciting to happen quick! Email me ASAP if you have an idea. TessWalker@aol.com. I'm not kidding, I've got a few ideas, but the real Harry Potter books aren't even romance. I need something exciting. Anyway, If you recognize it, I don't own it, yada yada yada. You know what I'm talking about. Luv ya! Luv ya even more if you r/r!